ABSTRACT

Few problems in the history of Alexander the Great have been debated at greater length and with greater passion than that of his relations with the Greeks. It is not the purpose of this short study to survey the whole of that vast field, as Professor Ehrenberg so impressively did before the last war. 1 We shall be mainly concerned here with Alexander’s relations with the Greek cities of Asia Minor; but that problem cannot be entirely taken out of its wider context, on which a few observations will have to be made. They cannot pretend to Professor Ehrenberg’s standard. But I hope the more detailed discussion within my limited field will be of interest to him.